"I think the story was (Georgia) played a little better than us in all three phases," Mike Bianco said. "They pitched better than we did. They hit better than we did and they fielded better than we did. So obviously a close game .. but those in-game battles we were so good at early in the season that make all the difference in the game … we haven't done enough of the past few days."

Another close game produced another disappointing result for the Rebels' once-stout bullpen. Will Ethridge threw just six pitches in the eighth. He allowed a sacrifice fly to Aaron Schunk but the run was charged to Ryan Rolison.

Ole Miss tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with Thomas Dillard's RBI single, which scored Ryan Olenek, who extended his hitting streak to 17 games. Bianco opted to go with Parker Caracci in the ninth.

Schunk opened the scoring with an RBI single against Rolison in the first but Ole Miss' starter settled in and kept the game within striking distance.

Chase Adkins kept the Rebels' bats quiet. Ole Miss posted just four hits against Adkins in six innings. Its lone run came on a Grae Kessinger home run.

"It was a struggle. He was just throwing his pitches, throwing all of them for a strike, moving in and out," Kessinger said. "You got to give credit to him. But as an offense, we believe we can hit anybody even if they have their stuff. It's frustrating but it's baseball. We're going to come out tomorrow and be ready to go."

With rain in the forecast Sunday, the two teams will play a doubleheader Saturday, which begins at 1:30 p.m.